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1. How do Marx and Engels define class?

  • In terms of how m
  • In terms of the the owning and control of the means of production in society
  • In terms of the economic, social and cultural capital one has
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2. What is social reproduction

  • The process of high social mobility in a society - where their family background strongly reflects in their occupation and status
  • The process of low social mobility in a society - where their family background strongly reflects in their occupation and status
  • The process of low social mobility in a society - where their family background doesn't reflect in their occupation and status
  • The process of high social mobility in a society - where their family background doesn't reflect in their occupation and status

3. What is the 'glass floor'?

  • an invisible barrier stopping the rich from falling down the social ladder
  • an invisible barrier which allows the affluent to see the working class below them on the social ladder
  • an invisible barrier stopping the poor from falling down the social ladder
  • an invisible barrier which allows the affluent to see the working class above them on the social ladder

4. Who coined the concept of class operating through use of either restricted or elaborated code?

  • Bourdieu
  • Engels
  • Bernstein
  • Althusser

5. Define meritocracy

  • It is receiving rewards within society due such as money, social status (Weller, 2009)
  • Members of society receive rewards based on their efforts rather than what is given to them (Weller, 2009)
  • Members of society receive rewards based on their efforts rather than what is given to them (Waller, 2009)
  • It is receiving rewards based on what an individual in society inherits (Waller, 2009)
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